Grade 3 – Lesson 2 Your Magnificent Machine

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Grade 3 – Lesson 2

Your Magnificent Machine

Objectives

The student will be able to:• Discuss the functions of body organs: brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver.• Discuss things the body needs to function well. • Discuss things that damage the body: tobacco, alcohol & other drugs.

Activities

1 Your Amazing Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 min.2 Careless Charlie and His Magnificent Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 min.3 A Hidden Message About Your Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 min.

Materials

• Auto• Workbook pages 2 and 3• Scripts• Cue cards

Home Workout

See page 33.

Rationale

This lesson helps students to accept personal responsibility for making healthychoices and to consider the negative consequences of drug use. The interactive lesson format is designed to reinforce students’ attitudes against drug use.

Before You Start...

In advance, make 9 copies of the script on pages 15–18. You may want to highlightone character’s part on each script. Also, make one copy of the double-sided cuecards on pages 21–32 for each organ.

Also, make one copy of the Home Workout, page 33, for each student.

Teacher Tip: In this lesson the class is divided into groups, with each group actingas a chorus for one of the body organs. If you have a small class, you may want to have the entire class make all the organ sounds.

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1 Your Amazing BodyDisplay AUTO.

What does Auto need to be healthy? Nothing.

Does a robot need to eat or drink? No. Sleep? No. Exercise? No.

A robot is a machine, a box made of metal and bolts, wires and screws. All it needs is a fresh battery every now and then. It doesn’t even need to change its battery. Someone else does that.

Instead of a metal box full of bolts and wires and screws, you have a body made of skin and bones, muscles and organs. You are not automatic. You areamazing! Your body is where you live, so you need to take good care of thatamazing body of yours!

Turn to workbook page 2. This is a picture of the body and some of its importantorgans. The names of the organs are written in code. Use the key at the bottomof your workbook page to decode the parts of your body you protect by notusing alcohol and other drugs.

Allow time for students to decode the organ names.

Now find the brain. Check to be sure students have correctly identified the brain. What does your brain do? Thinks, remembers, tells your other body parts what to do. Your brain is like your body’s computer. Draw a line from the word “brain” to the correct body part.

Find the stomach. Check to be sure students have correctly identified thestomach. What does your stomach do? Digests food. Your stomach digestsyour food, breaking it down so your body can use it for energy. Draw a line from the word “stomach” to the correct body part.


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Find the lungs. Check to be sure students have correctly identified the lungs.What do your lungs do? Breathe. Lungs breathe the air, taking oxygen from the air and sending it to the heart. Draw a line from the word “lungs” to the correct body part.

Find the heart. Check to be sure students have correctly identified the heart.What does the heart do? Pumps blood. The heart pumps oxygen-filled bloodthroughout your body. Draw a line from the word “heart” to the correct body part.

Find the liver. Check to be sure students have correctly identified the liver.What does your liver do? Filters poisons. Your liver cleans and filters theblood to get rid of any poisons. It is like a poison control center. Draw a line from the word “liver” to the correct body part.

Each of these organs is an important part of the body. To stay looking and feeling good, you need to take good care of your organs.

2 Careless Charlie and His Magnificent MachineToday we are going to perform a play. Everyone will participate. I will be the narrator.

The play tells the story of a very careless boy named Charlie. Raise your hand if you would like to play the role of Charlie in our play. Select a volunteer to act the part of Charlie.

The characters in the cast are:Charlie Bobby Brain Harvey HeartLucy Left Lung Larry Right Lung Stacey StomachLinda Liver

Select volunteers to play these roles. Divide the class into 6 groups and assigneach group a letter, A-F. Give each organ character the double-sided Cue Card that corresponds to his/her role. Instruct the volunteers to turn their Cue Cards so that the class can see the cues for scene 1.

During the play, the audience will support the cast of characters in their roles.Group A will be the Brain Chorus. Whenever Bobby Brain holds up his Cue Card,everyone in Group A will point to the other characters and say, “Do as I say, you’ll be okay.” Repeat three times.

Let’s try it, Bobby. Bobby Brain should hold up the Cue Card, and Group Ashould point to the other characters with their index fingers and say, “Do as I say,you’ll be okay.” (Repeat three times.)

Group B will be the Heart Chorus. Whenever Harvey Heart holds up his Cue Card,everyone in Group B will pat the left side of their chests and say, “Boom Poom,Boom Poom.” Repeat three times.


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Let’s try it, Harvey. Harvey Heart should hold up the Cue Card, and Group Bshould pat the left side of their chests and say, “Boom Poom, Boom Poom.”(Repeat three times.)

Groups C and D will be the Lung Chorus. They will work together. Whenever Lucy Left Lung holds up her Cue Card, everyone in Group C will say, “Zoom-Zee,Zoom-Zee.” Repeat three times.

Whenever Larry Right Lung holds up his Cue Card, everyone in Group D will say,“Breathe free, Breathe free.” Repeat three times.

Let’s try it, Lucy. Lucy Left Lung should hold up the Cue Card, and Group Cshould say, “Zoom-Zee.” (Repeat three times.)

Let’s try it, Larry. Larry Left Lung should hold up the Cue Card, and Group Dshould say, “Breathe free, Breathe free.” (Repeat three times.)

Group E will be the Stomach Chorus. Whenever Stacey Stomach holds up her CueCard, everyone in Group E will rub their tummies and say, “Growl and grumble,mix and tumble.” Repeat three times.

Let’s try it, Stacey. Stacey Stomach should hold up the Cue Card, and Group Eshould rub their tummies and say, “Growl and grumble, mix and tumble.” (Repeat three times.)

Group F will be the Liver Chorus. Whenever Linda Liver holds up her Cue Card,everyone in Group F will pretend to mop. They will say, “Rub it, scrub it, just don’t flub it.” Repeat three times.

Let’s try it, Linda. Linda Liver should hold up the Cue Card, and Group F shouldpretend to mop and say, “Rub it, scrub it, just don’t flub it.” (Repeat three times.)

The play we are going to perform has two scenes. You have just practiced your chorus lines for Scene 1. When we perform Scene 2, your lines will be a little different, so remember to look at your group’s Cue Card so you will know what to say.

Characters, please stand just off stage. When I say your name, come to the centerstage. Show the characters where they should stand “off-stage,” and whereyou want them to stand when they are “on-stage.”


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Careless Charlie and His Magnificent Machine

Cast of CharactersNarrator Lucy Left LungCharlie Larry Right LungBobby Brain Stacey StomachHarvey Heart Linda Liver

Scene One

NARRATOR: And now, ladies and gentlemen, Careless Charlie and HisMagnificent Machine! Scene one begins as Charlie finds some pink pills in a bottle on the kitchen counter.

CHARLIE: Wow! What’s this? These look like candy! I love strawberrySweet Tarts. The bottle looks funny, though. I’ve never seenSweet Tarts in a bottle like this before. I’ll just take one or two.

Enter Bobby Brain.

CHARLIE: Hey, who are you?

BOBBY BRAIN: Allow me to introduce myself. I am Bobby Brain. I am the mostimportant part of your magnificent machine. You might say I’mthe computer that controls everything. I’m located inside yourhead. I’m large and in charge. I give the orders around here. Doas I say, you’ll be okay. Bobby holds up his cue card for Group A:Do as I say, You’ll be okay. (Repeat three times.)

Enter Harvey Heart, clasping his hands and squeezing them together in a pumping motion.

CHARLIE: And who are you?

HARVEY HEART: I’m Harvey Heart. I pump blood throughout your body. I’m important, too. Bobby Brain may give the orders, but without the oxygen I send him, he wouldn’t even be able to think! Boom Poom, Boom Poom. Harvey holds up his cue card for Group B: Boom Poom, Boom Poom. (Repeat three times.)

Enter the Lung Twins.

CHARLIE: (looking frightened) Who are you two?

LUCY LEFT LUNG: I am Lucy Lung. This is my twin, Larry Lung. We work together.We work with Harvey Heart to supply good, clean fuel calledoxygen that helps Bobby Brain do his work. Lucy holds up cuecard for Group C: Zoom-zee. Zoom-zee. (Repeat three times.)


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LARRY RIGHT LUNG: Harvey Heart sends us blood and we fill it with oxygen and sendit back. Then he pumps it all around. We are like your machine’sair handling system. If our system shuts down, your machinecould not function. Larry holds up cue card for Group D: Breathefree. Breathe free. (Repeat three times.)

Enter Linda Liver and Stacey Stomach.

CHARLIE: Where did you come from? Turning to Bobby Brain and the Lung Twins, Do you know these characters?

BOBBY BRAIN: Yeah, they are very important parts of your magnificent machine.

LARRY RIGHT LUNG: Tell Charlie what you do, Linda.

LINDA LIVER: I’m Linda Liver. I’m located on your right side just beneath your rib cage. I clean and filter your blood when anything bad gets into it. Rub it, scrub it, just don’t flub it. Linda holds up her cue card for Group E: Rub it, scrub it, just don’t flub it. (Repeat three times.)

LUCY LEFT LUNG: Tell Charlie what you do, Stacey.

STACEY STOMACH: I am Stacey Stomach, Charlie. I’m located on the left side ofyour body just beneath your rib cage. I break down everythingyou eat and drink. I mix it around and then I digest it. Growl and grumble, mix and tumble. Stacey holds up her cue card for Group F: Growl and grumble, mix and tumble. (Repeat three times.)

CHARLIE: Cool! Can I hear those sounds again?

Group A: Do as I say, You’ll be okay. (Repeat three times.)

Group B: Boom Poom, Boom Poom. (Repeat three times.)

Group C: Zoom-zee. Zoom-zee. (Repeat three times.)

Group D: Breathe free. Breathe free. (Repeat three times.)

Group E: Rub it, scrub it, just don’t flub it. (Repeat three times.)

Group F: Growl and grumble, mix and tumble. (Repeat three times.)

CHARLIE: Okay, okay, that’s great, but why are you all here? Why are you bothering me?

BOBBY BRAIN: We came to warn you about taking those pills. You don’t evenknow what they are. Stop and think! You could wreck your magnificent body!


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Charlie starts to take the pills.

BRAIN, HEART, LIVER, LUNGS, Together, shouting, Don’t do it, Charlie!STOMACH:

CHARLIE: Oh, leave me alone. One or two of these won’t hurt me. They look like candy to me.

BRAIN, HEART, LIVER, LUNGS, Together, shouting NO!STOMACH:

CHARLIE: (popping the pills into his mouth) Too late, guys!

Scene 2

Turn Cue Cards over so that the class can see cues for scene 2.

NARRATOR: After a while, some mysterious things began to happen to Charlie.

Enter Bobby Brain.

NARRATOR: Mr. Brain, how do you feel?

BOBBY BRAIN: I feel dizzy. I feel confused. Where am I? I am not doing well atall. Can’t think, I’m on the blink. Holding Cue Card for Group A:Can’t think, I’m on the blink. Group A repeats three times.

Enter Harvey Heart.

NARRATOR: Mr. Heart, how about you?

HARVEY HEART: I’m speeding up so fast. I’m really shaking. I’m out of control. Ifeel like I’m having a major attack. Boom-DOOM! Boom-DOOM!Harvey holds Cue Card for Group B: Boom-DOOM, Boom-DOOM.Group B repeats three times.

Enter Lucy Left Lung and Larry Right Lung.

NARRATOR: How are you lungs feeling?

LUCY LEFT LUNG: I’m getting tired now. I’m working too hard. No air! No air! Lucy holds Cue Card for Group C: No air! No air! Group C repeats three times.


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LARRY RIGHT LUNG: I’m feeling kind of flat. I think I’m running out of air! No fair! No fair! Larry holds Cue Card for Group D: No fair! No fair! Group D repeats three times.

Enter Linda Liver.

NARRATOR: How are you doing, Miss Liver?

LINDA LIVER: Whoa! What’s this pink stuff? I’m trying, but I can’t handle all this junk. It’s really a mess down here. I can’t keep Charlie’smagnificent machine clean! Flub it, flub it, I’m gonna flub it!Linda holds her cue card for Group E: Flub it, flub it, I’m gonna flub it! Group E repeats three times.

Enter Stacey Stomach.

NARRATOR: You don’t look so good, Miss Stomach.

STACEY STOMACH: Oh, no, not that! Please don’t... Stacey holds cue card for Group F: Yick, yick, yick this makes me sick. Repeat three times.

NARRATOR: Look what happened because Charlie didn’t stop and think!

All organs hold up Scene 2 Cue Cards and the class makes organ noises.Applaud and encourage the class to join you. The cast of characters may now be seated.


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3 A Hidden Message About Your BodyWhat do you think those pills were? We don’t know.

We don’t know what they were, and Charlie doesn’t either.

What do you think will happen? Charlie may have to call 911 for help. He may need to have his stomach pumped to get rid of the pills. He could be very sick. He might even die.

What did Charlie forget to do? Charlie forgot to stop and think.

Charlie did not listen to his brain. He didn’t stop and think.

Can you tell what is in a pill just by looking at it? No.

Charlie thought the pills looked like candy. Without a label, can you tell just by looking at something whether it is candy or a drug? No.

Your brain, heart, lungs, liver, stomach and other organs work very hard to keepyour body running smoothly. Each organ has a special job to do, and they needthe right kinds of food and rest and exercise in order to do their jobs. Your job is to make sure your body gets what it needs, and to stay away from alcohol,tobacco and other drugs that might harm your magnificent machine.

Turn to workbook page 3. Who would like to read the directions? Select a student volunteer to read the directions. Allow time for your students to completethe workbook page. Select a volunteer to reveal the hidden message: Tobacco,alcohol and other drugs make it hard for the brain to think clearly. Smoking harms the lungs and the heart. Drinking alcohol can damage the stomach andliver. Your body is Too Good for Drugs.

Distribute a copy of the Home Workout, page 33, to each child.


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Looking for More?Supplemental Activities & Resources

Science ExtenderHave different students look up the effects of: (1) caffeine on the heart (2) alcohol on the heart, brain, stomach and liver (4) tobacco on the heart and lungs (5) marijuana on the brain and lungs. Invite your students to act out the roles of the organs and demonstrate their responses to these drugs.

Science ExtenderSelect a student volunteer to lie down on a large sheet of butcher paper, and have another volunteer trace the outline of his or her body. Invite other studentsto draw the stomach, liver, heart, lungs and brain.

Health ExtenderHealthy foods not only build better bodies, they make great robots. Invite yourstudents to assemble a robot from healthy foods and toothpicks. Apples, celery,oranges, carrots, peanut butter and raisins make great robot parts. Remind yourstudents that the robot they are making doesn’t have to do anything except tastegood. Here is one example: (1) Cut an apple in half. Cut or scoop out the core. Eat one half! (2) Hold the other half of the apple cut-side up, and attach fourslices of carrot to it with toothpicks. (3) Fill the apple core with peanut butter. (4) Insert a celery stick into the peanut butter. (5) Put a little peanut butter on top of the celery stick and place a 2” slice of carrot on the peanut butter. (6) Use small dabs of peanut butter to “glue” two raisins to the carrot.

Language Arts ExtenderInvite your students to write a conclusion to the story of Careless Charlie and his Magnificent Machine. Have them illustrate the stories and share them with the class.


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Group

AScen

e 1

Bobby Brain:

Do as I say,

You’ll be okay.

(Rep

eat three times.)


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Group

AScen

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2

Bobby B

rain:

Can

’t think, I’m

on th

e blin

k.(Rep

eat three tim

es.)


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Group

BScen

e 1

Harvey Heart:

Boom Poom,

Boom Poom.

(Rep

eat three times.)


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Group

BScen

e

2

Harvey H

eart:

Boom-DOOM,

Boom-DOOM.

(Rep

eat three tim

es.)


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Group

CScen

e 1

Lucy Left Lung:

Zoom-zee,

Zoom-zee.

(Rep

eat three times.)


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Group

CScen

e

2

Lucy Left Lu

ng:

No AIR!

No AIR!

(Rep

eat three tim

es.)


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Group

DScen

e 1

Larry Right Lung:

Breathe free.

Breathe free.

(Rep

eat three times.)


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Group

DScen

e

2

Larry Right Lu

ng:

No fair!

No fair!

(Rep

eat three tim

es.)


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Group E

Scen

e 1

Linda Liver:

Rub it, scrub it,

just don’t flub it!

(Rep

eat three times.)


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Group

EScen

e

2

Linda Liver:

Flub it, flu

b it

I’m gonna flu

b it!

(Rep

eat three tim

es.)


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Group F

Scen

e 1

Stacey Stomach:

Growl and grumble,

mix and tumble.

(Rep

eat three times.)


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Group

FScen

e

2

Stacey Stomach

:

Yick, yick, yick,

this m

akes me sick.

(Rep

eat three tim

es.)

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We are learning to keep our bodies healthy by making good choices. Today weperformed a skit about a boy named Charlie who made a very unhealthy choice.Ask your child to tell you what happened.

Help your child to learn to keep his or her body healthy. Together, write or draw 5 things you can do each day to keep your body healthy. Then set a goal to do them each day.

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